Texans back kicker Randy Bullock despite misses

Randy Bullock has missed as many field goals in two games this season as he did his senior season at Texas A&M. (Karen Warren/Chronicle)

As I pointed out in this column from Sunday’s win over the Titans, the Texans aren’t even considering bringing in kickers to push Randy Bullock for his job.

It is too early to push the panic button.

Bullock has to miss more than three 50-yarders and a couple would-have-been game winners from 46 yards out before they think about looking for a new kicker.

Special teams coach Joe Marciano looked at me like I’d been smoking funny cigarettes when I asked if he had lost confidence in his struggling rookie (technically, though the NFL doesn’t count him as such) kicker.

Bullock has been excellent on kickoffs (12 of 13 have been touchbacks), but through two games, even with a game-winner at San Diego, he is the worst FG kicker in the league with four misses (not including a miss that didn’t count because a timeout was called). No other kicker has missed more than two.

The Texans hope this isn’t a problem they have to address, but they need Bullock to develop some confidence, because more close games are surely on the way.

Through two games, there have been 22 games decided by seven points or less, the most ever to start an NFL season.